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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Bbc tv - What They Never Told You

500,000 UK households cancel their BBC TV licence in a year

The BBC’s licence fee income has dropped by more than £1 million over the past decade

The Independent UK

“I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years”: The surprising truth behind one of the biggest-selling instrumental hits of all time

Few realise that Acker Bilk’s haunting Stranger on the Shore had a very personal origin

MusicRadar

“The only way he could express whatever he was feeling was through his music”: The surprising truth of Stranger on the Shore, with new insight from its inspiration

It was one of the most successful instrumental singles ever released, but few realise that Acker Bilk’s Stranger on the Shore had a very personal origin

MusicRadar

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Churchwarden jailed for life for murder of university lecturer has conviction overturned

The case inspired a BBC TV series starring Timothy Spall

The Independent UK

Stanley Baxter obituary

Scottish comedian whose spectacular sketch shows on television made him a household name

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with Tom Stoppard: from Brazil to Leopoldstadt

The great playwright had a 60-year career in the theatre and also wrote scripts for radio and the screen – here are some of his very best

The Guardian - UK

Adolescence team announce ‘harrowing’ new TV adaptation of acclaimed war film

‘Threads’ was the first film to ever depict what a nuclear winter would actually look like

The Independent UK

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Emilia Fox has not watched early role in 1995 TV series Pride And Prejudice

She was the sister of Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, played by Colin Firth, in the TV drama.

Evening Standard

Labour break silence over calls to 'abolish' BBC TV licence for UK households

LABOUR have broken their silence over calls to scrap the TV licence fee for UK households...

The National (Scotland)

BBC viewers urge everyone to watch ‘bleak’ war film that has only ever been shown four times

Threads was the first film to ever show what devastation a nuclear winter would cause

The Independent UK

Mina Panić obituary

Other lives: BBC TV director who specialised in science, archaeology and history

The Guardian - UK

BBC breaks streaming record with Olympics coverage

The haul of 14 gold medals is actually GB’s lowest return since Athens 2004

The Independent UK

Five hours a day on Facebook: how voters are keeping up with the election

Research agency Revealing Reality monitored the news consumption of six voters and found many were now relying on social media

The Guardian - UK

Michael Jayston obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor hailed for his roles in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra and BBC TV’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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Outsourcing group Capita to cut 900 jobs in cost-saving drive

Company runs services for councils, the military and the NHS and manages BBC TV licence fee

The National (Scotland)

Scottish village transformed for filming of new Agatha Christie TV special

Filming of a brand-new BBC TV special took place in East Lothian as the village of Tyninghame stepped back into the 1950s.

Daily Mirror

BBC announce star-studded Women's World Cup line up as Alex Scott and Gabby Logan roles confirmed

The broadcaster is set to show 33 live games across BBC TV and iPlayer, with the tournament getting underway on July 20

Evening Standard

Manchester United legend Gary Neville to appear on BBC TV show Dragons’ Den

Gary Neville will appear as a guest dragon on the BBC TV series Dragons’ Den.

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Louder

Massive 32-disc Camel box set covers the band's MCA and Decca years

Air Born features the band's ten studio albums from 1973-1984, remastered, and a host of rarities and live tracks will be released in May

Manchester Evening News

Gary Lineker to make BBC TV return at Man City vs Burnley FA Cup tie

The presenter will be back on TV screens this weekend as Manchester City face Burnley.

Daily Record

When will Gary Lineker be back on Match of the Day? Comeback date emerges as BBC talks 'progressing well'

Lineker has been off air as a row over his tweets criticising the government's immigration policy continues.

Liverpool Echo

House transformed into BBC TV set for new comedy show

TV crews have been filming for three days

Daily Mirror

'Serpent' serial killer insists 'I didn’t murder anyone' after prison release

Charles Sobhraj, dubbed ‘The Serpent’ in the hit BBC TV drama of the same name, speaks out weeks after he was released from jail in Nepal because of his age and declining health

Evening Standard

Former Top Gear presenter Sue Baker dies following battle with motor neurone disease

She was a presenter on the popular BBC TV car show from 1980 to 1991

Belfast Live

BBC, RTE and armchair fans the big winners as GAA announce new media rights deal

BBC will also simulcast with RTÉ the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in addition to broadcasting at least one of the finals on the wider BBC TV network annually.

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